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Phoebe Bridgers (Olof Grind/Dead Oceans)

Phoebe Bridgers has lots of feelings

Kelly McClure

On "Lost Weekend," Phoebe Bridgers embraces the pain and joy of simply being alive

Luigi Mangione appears for his arraignment at Manhattan Criminal Court on December 23, 2024 in New York City. (Curtis Means-Pool/Getty Images)

Mangione pleads guilty to killing CEO

Troy Farah

“I shot Mr. Thompson, and he died,” the 28-year-old said

Aaron Pierre and Kyle Chandler in "Lanterns." (John Johnson/HBO Max)

“Lanterns” questions what makes a hero

Melanie McFarland

The DCU's new drama uses Hal Jordan and John Stewart's tense team-up to take a swing at America's meritocracy myth

Magnifying glass over a shopping cart (porocorex / Getty Images)

We're all food safety inspectors now

Ashlie D. Stevens

MAHA wants Americans to scrutinize their food. Taylor Farms recalls show how hard that has become

White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt speaks during a press briefing on July 23, 2026. (Mehmet Eser / Anadolu via Getty Images)

The worst press secretary I've ever seen

Brian Karem

Karoline Leavitt is leaving the White House. She won't be missed by the media she mocked and despised

Flock Safety cameras have many Americans seeing red. (Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / The Washington Post / SOPA Images)

The Flock uprising is just the beginning

Amanda Marcotte

People are sick of tech billionaires trying to control our lives

Political strategist James Carville was one of the architects of Bill Clinton's Third Way approach to politics (Emma McIntyre/Getty Images for SCAD)

Time for James Carville to shut up

Alex Galbraith

The strategist and other Third Way advocates think they have the answers for Trump. But they got us into this mess

Democratic U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico speaks during a press conference at the Hyatt Centric Congress Avenue on July 22, 2026 in Austin, Texas. The discussion comes as data centers have emerged as a major political issue in Texas, with Gov. Greg Abbott calling for stronger oversight of their expansion. (Photo by Brandon Bell/Getty Images)

How Paxton, Talarico differ on God

Ellie Ashby - The Texas Tribune

Campaigning for the U.S. Senate, Paxton says he was “delivered by God” to protect Texas from leftists

(L-R) Kaia Gerber, Jenna Ortega, Ariana Grande (Photo illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Frazer Harrison / WireImage / Stephanie Augello / Dia Dipasupil)

Our body-positive era has some flaws

Candice Frederick

Scrutiny over Ariana Grande, Kaia Gerber and Jenna Ortega’s bodies exposes how little we’ve learned

Inarticulate in interviews and weak on the stump, Francesca Hong's defeat in the Wisconsin Democratic gubernatorial primary is a gift in disguise to progressives (Scott Olson/Getty Images)

Hong's loss proves AOC right

Jason Kyle Howard

Her defeat in the state’s gubernatorial primary shows why the left needs happy warriors like AOC and Mamdani

President Donald Trump and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. (Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

The gospel of science denial

Heather Digby Parton

Donald Trump and RFK Jr.'s anti-vax agenda has deep roots in fundamentalist faith and Big Business

(Illustration by Salon / Getty Images / Pixelimage)

MAGA's burrito meltdown

Sophia Tesfaye

A $20 meal became a right-wing media feud, exposing a party's broken promises

Kalshi logo. (Photo by Kristian Tuxen Ladegaard Berg/NurPhoto via Getty Images)

Prediction markets place election odds

Carrie Levine - Votebeat

Add betting markets to the list of things election officials are worried about this year

Karoline Leavitt speaks to Fox News on November 24, 2025. (ANDREW CABALLERO-REYNOLDS / AFP via Getty Images)

Leavitt is leaving the Trump admin

Troy Farah

The number of women left in the Trump admin is shrinking

Antonio Banderas and Dominic Sessa in "Tony" (Seacia Pavao/A24)

Anthony Bourdain would have hated "Tony"

Coleman Spilde

Matt Johnson's uninspired "Tony" confines Bourdain to the public's imagination. It sorely lacks Bourdain's depth

U.S. President Donald Trump arrives at Miami International Airport to attend the America Business Forum on November 05, 2025 in Miami, Florida. (Kevin Dietsch/Getty Images)

Trump’s catering-truck farce

Ashlie D. Stevens

Trump usually directs the food spectacle. The reported catering-truck escape briefly made him part of the scenery

U.S. Sen. Bernie Sanders (R) (I-VT) walks toward the Senate Chambers on March 23, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Nathan Howard/Getty Images)

Bernie's AI warnings are being ignored

Alex Galbraith

Like Helaena Targaryen from "House of the Dragon," the Vermont senator is sounding an alarm that won't be heard

Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., has attracted criticism for freezing her eggs from MAGA influencers who have promoted raising America's birthrate (Sarah Rice/Getty Images)

AOC exposes MAGA's motherhood hypocrisy

Amanda Marcotte

The New York congresswoman freezes her eggs, and Republicans show their true feelings

(PM Images/Getty Images)

The U.S. economy is a giant betting app

Troy Farah

Senators oppose gambling on wildfire outcomes, but the financial sector rewards amoral wagers

Doug Collins, U.S. President Donald Trump’s nominee to be the Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs, testifies during his Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee confirmation hearing on January 21, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

Democrats demand answers from Trump’s VA

Eric Umansky - ProPublica

The letter from lawmakers to Veterans Affairs Secretary Doug Collins cites a recent ProPublica investigation

Sisters Anita Marie and Maria Francine with the Sisters of Notre Dame supported Haitian immigrants summoned to an ICE facility in Blue Ash, Ohio, on August 9, 2026. (The 19th/Amanda Becker)

Catholic sisters standing up to ICE

Amanda Becker - The 19th

In Ohio, they're playing a visible role among religious leaders who have been organizing demonstrations

David Ellison, Chairman and CEO of Paramount Skydance speaks on stage during New York Upfront Partnership Event 2026 at Storied NYC on April 22, 2026 in New York City. (Photo by Noam Galai/Getty Images for Paramount)

Paramount CEO threatens to relocate

Troy Farah

California’s attorney general accused billionaire David Ellison of “blackmail”

Brad Pitt (Gareth Cattermole/Getty Images for Warner Bros. Pictures)

Brad Pitt’s drinking deserves scrutiny

Coleman Spilde

Celebrity culture continues to shield powerful men from accountability

Phia Saban in "House of the Dragon" (Ollie Upton/HBO)

Helaena was too good for King's Landing

Kelly McClure

Helaena's refusal to play the game for power makes her "House of the Dragon's" most quietly radical character

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